Due to our addiction to plastics, the human race has created the <a title="Great Pacific Garbage Patch is Worse Than We Thought Read more: Great Pacific Garbage Patch is Worse Than We Thought | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building" href="http://inhabitat.com/great-pacific-garbage-patch-is-worse-than-we-thought/" target="_blank">Great Pacific Garbage Patch</a>, a massive accumulation of trash dominated by synthetic, non-biodegradable objects. Turning a blight into an advantage, architects Park Sung-Hee and Na Hye Yeon from South Korea have designed the 7th Continent: Kinetic Islands which are structures that use rubbish as construction elements for a <a title="Futuristic Floating City is an Ecotopia at Sea Read more: Futuristic Floating City is an Ecotopia at Sea | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building" href="http://inhabitat.com/futuristic-floating-city-is-an-ecotopia-at-sea/" target="_blank">floating city</a>.
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As the recipient of an Honorable Mention in eVolo's 2013 Skyscraper Competition, the Kinetic Islands stand as an architectural solution to our massive pollution problem swirling in the Pacific Ocean....<br><br><a href='http://inhabitat.com/the-kinetic-islands-are-floating-structures-that-help-clean-the-great-pacific-garbage-patch/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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The 7th Continent: Kinetic Islands

Due to our addiction to plastics, the human race has created the <a title="Great Pacific Garbage Patch is Worse Than We Thought Read more: Great Pacific Garbage Patch is Worse Than We Thought | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building" href="http://inhabitat.com/great-pacific-garbage-patch-is-worse-than-we-thought/" target="_blank">Great Pacific Garbage Patch</a>, a massive accumulation of trash dominated by synthetic, non-biodegradable objects. Turning a blight into an advantage, architects Park Sung-Hee and Na Hye Yeon from South Korea have designed the 7th Continent: Kinetic Islands which are structures that use rubbish as construction elements for a <a title="Futuristic Floating City is an Ecotopia at Sea Read more: Futuristic Floating City is an Ecotopia at Sea | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building" href="http://inhabitat.com/futuristic-floating-city-is-an-ecotopia-at-sea/" target="_blank">floating city</a>.
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As the recipient of an Honorable Mention in eVolo's 2013 Skyscraper Competition, the Kinetic Islands stand as an architectural solution to our massive pollution problem swirling in the Pacific Ocean....<br><br><a href='http://inhabitat.com/the-kinetic-islands-are-floating-structures-that-help-clean-the-great-pacific-garbage-patch/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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The 7th Continent: Kinetic Islands

Due to our addiction to plastics, the human race has created the <a title="Great Pacific Garbage Patch is Worse Than We Thought Read more: Great Pacific Garbage Patch is Worse Than We Thought | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building" href="http://inhabitat.com/great-pacific-garbage-patch-is-worse-than-we-thought/" target="_blank">Great Pacific Garbage Patch</a>, a massive accumulation of trash dominated by synthetic, non-biodegradable objects. Turning a blight into an advantage, architects Park Sung-Hee and Na Hye Yeon from South Korea have designed the 7th Continent: Kinetic Islands which are structures that use rubbish as construction elements for a <a title="Futuristic Floating City is an Ecotopia at Sea Read more: Futuristic Floating City is an Ecotopia at Sea | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building" href="http://inhabitat.com/futuristic-floating-city-is-an-ecotopia-at-sea/" target="_blank">floating city</a>.
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As the recipient of an Honorable Mention in eVolo's 2013 Skyscraper Competition, the Kinetic Islands stand as an architectural solution to our massive pollution problem swirling in the Pacific Ocean....<br><br><a href='http://inhabitat.com/the-kinetic-islands-are-floating-structures-that-help-clean-the-great-pacific-garbage-patch/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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The 7th continent: Kinetic Islands

Due to our addiction to plastics, the human race has created the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a massive accumulation of trash dominated by synthetic, non-biodegradable objects. Turning a blight into an advantage, architects Park Sung-Hee and Na Hye Yeon from South Korea have designed the 7th Continent: Kinetic Islands which are structures that use rubbish as construction elements for a floating city.
As the recipient of an Honorable Mention in eVolo's 2013 Skyscraper Competition, the Kinetic Islands stand as an architectural solution to our massive pollution problem swirling in the Pacific Ocean....